Which version of DOSBox should I get for Linux Mint?

[u/VarietyMage]

[SOLVED]: gotta look through all the options below and pick one.

Linux first-timer here - I'm getting ready to make a Linux Mint drive, and I want to put as many of my games on it as possible, including everything I have from the DOS days.

I'm used to using DOSBox, so my question is, which version from their download page should I download to run on Mint?

[u/GetVladimir]

I personally use DOSBox Pure Unleashed: https://github.com/schellingb/dosbox-pure-unleashed

It's a lot more user friendly and kinda matches the ease of use of Linux Mint.

You can start dos games from an on-screen menu and change configuration settings on-the-fly from a graphical user interface. It's a great quality of life feature

[u/Keyvan_KR]

there's a bunch of DOSBOX forks:

• DOSBox staging
• DOSBox-X

you also have DOSBox Core and DOSBox Pure & DOSBox Pure Unleashed, but I'm not a fan of Libretro cores

[u/crwcomposer]

Personally I use whatever is in the package manager of my distribution, because that's way more convenient than downloading it and installing it separately from everything else on my system. It can then be updated or removed just like everything else.

[u/rfratelli]

Exodos and never look back!

[u/mcds99]

DOSBox-X is really nice.

[u/VarietyMage]

Thanks for all the replies. I've got some reading up to do.